"Clang!..."
Jin Hezhi seemed truly enraged by Xu Taiping. The flying sword beneath his feet flipped upward into his hand, and he thrust straight down from the sky toward Moon Perching Pavilion.
"Bang!"
But the moment he thrust his sword, a black shadow flying in from the west blocked it.
A closer look revealed that Jin Yue, the First Peak Lord, had already placed himself in front of Jin Hezhi.
"Father, why are you stopping me?"
Jin Hezhi looked displeased.
Jin Yue glared at Jin Hezhi, then turned to look down at Moon Perching Pavilion.
"Xu Taiping, I sent him here to patrol. Release them at once."
Jin Yue rebuked Xu Taiping in an extremely stern tone.
Seeing Jin Yue arrive, Xu Taiping knew this fight probably would not happen today, and a hint of disappointment appeared on his face.
There were reasons he had dealt such heavy blows to He Jun and the others.
First, he wanted to vent Senior Sister Linglong's anger for her.
Second, he had sensed Jin Hezhi nearby long ago and wanted to deliberately force him to attack.
This was his cultivation ground. The moment Jin Hezhi attacked, he would be breaking the rules.
Xu Taiping lifted his foot from He Jun's face and slowly moved it to his dantian. Only then did he look up at Jin Yue overhead and say:
"Peak Lord Jin, are you saying your rules take precedence over Qingxuan's?"
Jin Yue's expression turned somewhat ugly at those words.
"Xu Taiping, they were indeed wrong to trespass on your cultivation ground, but their offense does not warrant death."
His tone softened a little.
"Peak Lord Jin, that isn't what the Qingxuan Seven Verses say."
Xu Taiping shook his head at Jin Yue.
As he spoke, he increased the pressure of his